For Martha Tabs (ver.1)

the Smashing Pumpkins
Off Adore (1998)
Written by Billy Corgan
Eb
This is really a piano song but I was able to arrange
these parts for guitar. James does simply chords and
the solo on his electric.
Intro:
Piano; James´ chords underneath the tab.
Billy/Piano
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5--------------------------------|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---5---7---2---4---5--7---|
|--4-4---4---4---4-4-4---4---6---3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
James
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------2---------------2--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
Billy/Piano
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5--------------------------------|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---5---7---2---4---5--7---|
|--4-4---4---4---4-4-4---4---6---3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
James
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------2---------------2--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
Billy/Piano
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5-----------------5---7---10---12---|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---6---7---------------------|
|--2-2---2---2---2-2-2---2---2---0-0---0---0---0---0---0----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
James
|--0---------------0-------------2-------------2-------------------|
|--0---------------0-------------3-------------3-------------------|
|--2---------------2-------------2-------------2-------------------|
|--2---------------2-------------0-------------0-------------------|
|--2---------------2-----------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------0-----------------------------------------------|
James continues:
A Bm A Bm A Bm C#m D E
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-0-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-0-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-2-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-2-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-0-|
Verse:
F#m C#m
Whenever I run,
F#m C#m
wherever I run to you lost one
F#m C#m
It´s never done,
Bm E
just hanging on
Pre - Chorus:
Now Billy turns to the chords, while Jame does the lead, it´s doubled by
a second Piano
D
F#m D
The past has let me be
F#m D
Returning as if dream
F#m E Bm
Shattered as belief
Always between the lyrics:
James 3x
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--11-9-9-7-7-6-2---|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|
Chorus:
No drums and bass, just piano, soft guitar
and Billy´s voice.
Then the part with the "But for the grace of love…" vocals:
A Gmaj7 B Amaj7 Fmaj7
|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|
|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|
|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|
The Pre – Chorus and the Chorus again and the Interlude:
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|
Esus4
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-0-|-0-|-3-|-3-|
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-2-|---|---|
|-0-|-0-|---|---|
Solo:
James (distortion)
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2/5h7~~~~--------4/7h9~~~~--------------------|
|----2/4--------------4/6--------------0h2-4/7-9~~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------3-----------------|
James (distortion)
|--17h19-19b21r19-17-19-19b21r19--17h19-19b21r19-17-19-19b21r19---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat this several times while Billy´s doing the chord
progression over the vocals "But for the grace…":
A Gmaj7 B Amaj7 Fmaj7
|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-| 3 times
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|-2-|
|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|-0-|
|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|
Then there´s the Pre – Chorus, the
third time, Heavily distorted and
finally the Outro:
soft delay let off distortion
same chords as in the verses and then Billy plays:
A Bm A C#m A Bm C#m D E
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-0-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-5-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-0-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-6-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-6-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-2-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-2-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-0-|
James´ Outro lead:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2/4~/7/9~---9\7~\4\2~---2/4~\7/4~---6~~---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Piano ends the song with an Fminor chord played over and over.
What a song! That´s it!

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